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Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Office of Institutional Research. – 1984
In fall 1983, a survey was mailed to approximately 1,100 students enrolled at the University of Kansas (KU) who had previously been enrolled at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) to determine their perceptions of their educational experiences at both institutions and to develop a profile of the demographic and academic characteristics of…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Mulcahy, Patricia – 1981
This paper describes a training program designed to train paraprofessional student assistants for the dual positions of peer tutor and peer adviser. Skills related to study strategies, reading comprehension improvement, time management, and test-taking are detailed as methods for trainees to develop skills in the cognitive and affective learning…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Problems
Download full textAllen, Annette, Ed.; Donovan, Richard A., Ed. – 1980
This two-part collection presents 59 short essays by a cross-section of college instructors nationwide in response to four questions about writing students and five questions about writing teachers. Part I presents the responses to the following student-oriented questions: What are the common and special needs of writing students (including…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Instructional Materials, Postsecondary Education
McIntyre, Janice L. – 1981
Noting that educators have progressed considerably in the development of instructional and institutional strategies for nontraditional students, this paper provides a chart summarizing possible solutions to the various problems of such students in postsecondary education. Dealing with both affective and cognitive domains, the chart lists areas of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Educational Resources, Language Skills
Hartman, Bruce W.; Utz, Patrick W. – 1979
Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of using paraprofessional trainers in teaching students with tension headaches to relax, thus reducing the frequency of their headaches. A technique for automated self-instructed relaxation training was compared to a paraprofessionally trained group and a no-treatment control group over a 3-week…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, College Students, Coping
Brock, Stephen C., Comp. – 1976
A guide to teaching the large introductory college course is presented. The primary sources of information were the experiences of faculty members teaching large introductory courses (100 or more students) at Kansas State University. Faculty members provided responses concerning the special pedagogical problems faced by teachers of the large…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
Garrison, Karen R. – 1979
Theories and research findings relating to the development, treatment, and effects of communication apprehension (CA) are presented in this paper. The first section, which traces the etiology and development of CA, posits a relationship between environment, personality constellations, and CA. A section on treatment of CA reviews and compares three…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research
HAGELBERG, MILTON JOHN – 1960
AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF THE GOALS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EXTENSION CREDIT COURSES OFFERED BY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN DURING THE FALL OF 1959. ALSO CONSIDERED WERE DATA ON STUDENT PROBLEMS AND ON CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE UNIVERSITY. GROUP ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRES WERE USED TO COLLECT…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Credit Courses, Educational Counseling, Extension Education
Phillips, Herbert E. – 1975
This paper addresses the special problems faced by rural community colleges, their staffs, and students. Financing problems are severely felt in rural areas where distances, low tax bases, absence of community resources, and the inability to take advantage of the economies of size add to the inflationary burden. The position of the college in the…
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Role, Community Characteristics, Commuting Students
Dufilho, L. Paul; And Others – 1973
This report summarizes the activities and results of the second year of the Dothan City Schools Project, "Comprehensive Services for Children," funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III. The project is concerned with the provision of special services to meet the needs of elementary school children suffering…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peters, John M.; Gordon, R. Susan – 1974
An extension of Alan Tough's original research on adult learning activities, the study surveyed large populations in rural and urban Tennessee to analyze learning patterns of adults engaged in learning projects. Data were collected from random samples of 277 adults in Knoxville and 149 dwellings in Monroe County. Tough's interview technique, an…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
MacMillan, Thomas F. – 1970
This is the second report of the Northern California Cooperative Research Project (NORCAL) on student attrition. Part I summarizes the findings of the initial NORCAL report on attrition characteristics (see ED 031 240) and compares them with other community college samples. It also discusses the validation of a predictive model for identifying…
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Characteristics, Followup Studies, Low Ability Students
Newman, Marjorie – 1969
This study examined factors contributing to achievement among adult basic education students, with emphasis on the student-teacher relationship as determined by differences between the two groups in values, attitudes, and perceptions of student problems. Subjects were 120 students and 12 teachers in an adult basic education program in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students
PDF pending restorationStuhr, C. A.; Wright, E. N. – 1968
This is the second of two reports dealing with the residential mobility patterns of children attending an urban elementary public school in Toronto, Canada. The present study aimed to discover whether a significant relationship exists between residential mobility and academic achievement. Children of the 158 parents interviewed for the study were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Ethnic Groups, Family Environment
Jackson, Donald F. – 1971
The author examines how school boards too often view the drug problem, its prevention and the educating and helping of users. Current biases and prejudices concerning drugs and users are viewed as obstacles to solutions. The most commonly used educational and preventive measures are critically evaluated. Attitude change is considered a more…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Role, Drug Abuse
